Detachable handle for umbrellas.



m. 796,251, V PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905.

' V J. B. ROSENSTBIN. I

DETAGHABLE HANDLE FOR UMBRBLLAS.

APPLICATION FILED JA I. 14. 1905.

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UMBRELLA COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-" pertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide means for detachably securing'the handle to an umbrella, so that the umbrella dealer can suit the taste of a large variety of customers and an umbrella can be'provided with any one of a large selection of handles without retaining as large a number of umbrellas in stock as would otherwise benecessary.

A further object is to permit of retaining'a valuable handle and applying it to a new umbrella when the old umbrella is worn out or accidentally destroyed.

A further object in temporarily shortening the umbrella is found in the ease with which it can be packed in a trunk for convenience in traveling.

To accomplish these results, I employ the form'of construction of umbrella-stick and nut and handle and the coupling device therefor, as hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the handle and upper portion of the umbrella. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the handle portion, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the upper end of the umbrella-stick.

In the views, 1 is the umbrella-stick, which is seen to be formed of small steel tubing; In the upper end of this tube is cut a longitudinal slot 2, open at the upper'cnd. The exterior surface of this extremity of the tube is screw-threaded at 8. In the handle 4 is inserted a steel rod 5 of the proper diameter to fit snugly within the tubular stick 1, and thus form a rigid connection. Upon this rod is loosely sleeved the nut 6, adapted to screw upon'the extremity of the umbrella-stick at 3. This nut is prevented from coming off the I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 14, 1906. Serial Ila-241,029.

'VDETA'CHABLE HANDLE FOR UMBRELLAS.

Patented. Aug. 1, 1905.

rod by means of a'pin or key? inserted in the rod between the nut and the endof the rod.

It will be seen that when the rod 5 is inserted within the umbrella-stick and the pin 7 is inserted in the slot 2 the parts are rigid and the handle cannot turn-in the umbrellastick. Then to fasten the parts securely together it is only necessary to screw the nut tightly upon the end of the umbrella-stick when the handle wil'lbe brought down snugly against the end .of the stick and the parts will be locked together.

Slidingly mounted upon the. nut is shown the tip-cup 8-, by means of which the umbrella-tips are confined. An annular rib 10 at each end of the nut prevents this ferrule from coming ofi.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p 1. The combination with a tubular umbrella stick, provided with an exterio'rlyscrew-threaded upper extremity, and a longitudinal open slot, of a handle therefor, a metal rod therein adapted to fit closely the inner surface of the tubular stick, a pin on the rod adapted to enter said open slot in said tubular stick, and a nut upon the rod, adapted to screw upon the end of the said stick, and retained in position by said pin, substantially as described.

2. The combination with atubular umbrella-stick, provided with a screw-thread upon its exterior surface at the upper end, and a longitudinal open slot, of a handle provided with an extended rod adapted to enter the said stick, a nut adapted to engage said screw-threaded stick and sleeved over the said rod closely adjacent to the handle, a pin upon the rod adapted to enter said slot and to also retain the nut upon the rod", and a tip-cup slidably sleeved upon the nut, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my 

